No, it claims to be a sword "suitable for tamashigeri". The reference to iaido is more to do with the proportions of the sword than anything else, you would use a different but similarly proportioned sword for kata.

Gorilla Warfairy wrote:Warning! This sword was dissed by Steve Crowther.

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lmao, for the impression he made on me, see Nath's sig

And yeah, Angelus, strikes me as a tad "trying too hard to sell itself", or something, but having said that, I love my nami iaito, I'd like to have a sword that nice to wield that was sharp as well, so I guess it's for confused maniacs like myself, or something